Project Events

Introduction

What? The Project Week is a week-long hands on activity in which medical image computing researchers create solutions using the open source image computing platform, 3D Slicer, and VTK, ITK, and CMake libraries. Participants work collaboratively on solutions that lie on the interfaces of the fields of computer science, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and medicine. In contrast to conferences and workshops where the primary focus is to report results, the objective of the Project Week is to provide a venue for creators of medical image computing open-source software creators to collaboratively work.

When, where, how much? Twice a year - June in Europe, and January at MIT. Ad-hoc meetings are added occasionally. The registration fee is approximately 350 (USD or Euro), and is used to cover coffee and food.

How does it work? Weekly videoconferences for preparation begin 8-12 weeks before an event. Potential participants propose projects during these meetings, and collaboratively create a list of projects that are of mutual interest. The projects include platform work, algorithm development, and biomedical applications. Through the course of the meetings, each participant selects one or more project teams and develops goals for the week. The first day of the Project Week itself begins with a 2-hour in-person introduction to all projects and participants. The rest of the week consists of a mix of working sessions and breakout sessions on special topics, as decided by the participants during the preparatory meetings.

Who can attend? Project Weeks are open to all and publicly advertised. One-day participation is permitted for first-time attendees, but rest stay for the entire event. Email announcements are sent to the Project Week mailing list.

Who should attend? This is harder to determine. Your best bet is to send an email (see below) or attend a preparatory videoconference.

What else? The Project Week series was founded in 2005, along with the National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (NA-MIC), which was chartered by the NIH to build a computational infrastructure for biomedical research. Today, Project Week has become one of the major events in the calendars of several NIH-funded Center efforts. Participants in Project Week include NAC, NCIGT, QIICR, and OCAIRO. As of 2014, Project Week is also a MICCAI endorsed event.

Who to contact? Project Weeks are led by Tina Kapur, PhD, who is happy to tell you more about them.

The 22th Project Event was held on January 4-8, 2016, MIT, Cambridge, MA. It recorded 77 registered attendees, who worked on 47 projects. These attendees represented 17 academic sites and 8 companies. More...

The 21st Project Event was held on June 21-24, in Barcelona, Spain. It recorded 55 registered attendees, who worked on 39 projects. These attendees represented 20 academic sites and 7 companies. More...

The 20th Project Event was held on January 5-9 in Salt Lake City, UT. t recorded 44 registered attendees, who worked on 42 projects. These attendees represented 11 academic sites and 4 companies. More...

The 18th Project Event was held on January 6-10 in Salt Lake City, UT, in conjunction with the 2014 NA-MIC AHM. It recorded 70 registered attendees, who worked on 66 projects. These attendees represented 13 academic sites and 4 companies. More...

The 16th Project Event was held on January 7-11 in Salt Lake City, UT, in conjunction with the 2013 NA-MIC AHM. It recorded 80 registered attendees, who worked on 54 projects. These attendees represented 17 academic sites and 4 companies. More...

The 14th Project Event was held on January 9-13 in Salt Lake City, UT, in conjunction with the 2012 NA-MIC AHM. It recorded 104 registered attendees, who worked on 57 projects. These attendees represented 19 academic sites and 6 companies. More...

The 12th Project Event was held on January 10-14 in Salt Lake City, UT, in conjunction with the 2011 NA-MIC AHM. It recorded 106 registered attendees, who worked on 59 projects. These attendees represented 20 academic sites and 9 companies. More...

The SECOND JOINT Project Event (and the tenth PROJECT EVENT) was held on January 4-8 in Salt Lake City, UT, in conjunction with the 2010 NA-MIC AHM. It recorded 107 registered attendees, who worked on 49 projects. These attendees represented 22 academic sites and 6 companies. More...

The FIRST JOINT Project Event (and the ninth PROJECT EVENT) was held on June 22-26 in Cambridge, MA. It recorded 134 registered attendees, who worked on 62 projects. These attendees represented 31 academic sites and 9 companies. More...

The eighth NA-MIC Project event was held on January 5-9 in Salt Lake City, UT, in conjunction with the 2009 NA-MIC AHM. The AHM recorded 92 total attendees. During the project event, 52 projects were actively pursued by the participants. More...

The seventh NA-MIC Project event was held on June 23-27 in Cambridge, MA. There were 114 registered participants for this meeting who worked on 58 projects. 14 of these projects were directly related to the NA-MIC DBPs, 19 to External Collaborations, and 15 to NA-MIC Infrastructure. More...

The sixth NA-MIC Project event was held on January 7-11 in Salt Lake City, UT, in conjunction with the 2008 NA-MIC AHM. The AHM recorded 104 total attendees. During the project event, 38 projects were actively pursued by the participants. More...

The fifth NA-MIC Project event was concluded on June 29 in Cambridge, MA. This was the largest hands-on project event in the three year history of NA-MIC with 41 active projects and peak attendance of 90. Of the 85 registered attendees, 35 were NA-MIC participants, 48 external collaborators, and 2 representatives from the External Advisory Board and the NIH. The external collaborators were from 13 Institutions. More...

This fourth NA-MIC project event was successfully concluded on January 12 in Salt Lake City, UT, in conjunction with the 2007 NA-MIC AHM. The AHM recorded 96 total attendees, 56 of whom were NA-MIC participants, 32 were collaborators, and 8 represented the EAB and the NIH. During the project event, 38 projects were actively pursued by the participants. More...

The third NA-MIC Project event was successfully concluded on June 30 in Cambridge, MA. It recorded 56 attendees, 38 of whom were NA-MIC participants and 18 were collaborators. During the project event, 22 projects were actively pursued by the participants. More...

The second NA-MIC project event was successfully concluded on January 13 in Salt Lake City, UT, in conjunction with the 2006 NA-MIC AHM. The AHM recorded 85 total attendees, 52 of whom attended this event. During the project event, 24 projects were actively pursued by the participants. More...